I also went and pretty much redid the page I had for Kaze to Issho ni because the
older version of it was pretty shameful. I redid the layout to
make it match the newer pages better and added my own
translation.

I also realized, when going to grab the screencap for the page, that
the animation used for the ending theme in that first movie is bo-ring. I'm so glad Mr.
Kunihiko us better things to look at for the other movies.

I'm out of town for the weekend and won't be able to update until
Monday. But! I have Monday through Wednesday off for Golden Week
and should be able to at least get started on the comparison for "The
Bridge Bike Gang." I'm excited about doing that one because it's
one I hadn't ever touched before,

Before I go, I wanted to point out this funny goof-up over on the official
Pokémon site that was brought to my attention:

"Can watching Zoey give Misty
the inspiration she needs to win her next Contest?"

OMG Season 13 spoilerz!!1!!1!!1!!
"The Treasure is All Mine!"
April 29th, 2010

I really liked the Japanese version of this episode. The
dub? Well...like I say in the comparison itself, I kind of revert
to the Dogasu from 2000 who would go on and on about how everything the
English version does sucks. In 2010, I'm older and wiser now and
don't do that as often, but every now and then that old, whiny Dogasu
surfaces, ready to tell everyone how much he hates the dub for the
billionth time.

Finally, I want to draw you guys' attention to some manga stuff coming
up. First of all, in Japan, a graphic novel release of Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure
was released yesterday. If you don't know what that series is, check
out the bullet point style summaries
I posted over on Bulbagarden. Also, Volume 35 of Pocket Monsters Special has been
announced as coming out on May 28th, but there's no cover art for that
out yet.

Over in the U.S., release dates for the Volume
08 (which will end the series) of Pokémon
Diamond and Pearl Adventure! and Volume
09 and Volume
10 of Pokémon Adventures
have been announced. That final volume of DP Adventure comes out on November
2nd while Volumes 09 and 10 of Adventures
come out on October 5th and December 7th, respectively. The gap
between Volumes 09 and 10 is only about two months, so maybe Viz is
ramping up production of these things? Let's keep our fingers
crossed.

I've already watched "Mastering Current Events" and have taken all my
notes for the episode, so I should hopefully be able to get everything
written up before too long.
"The Battle Finale of Legend!"
April 26th, 2010

Dogasu@ 21:54 JST -- I have no idea why this
took me so long to finish. Writer's block, I guess?
Whatever the reason, I've finished the comparison for the climax to the
Ginga-Dan storyline,
"The Battle Finale of
Legend!"

I've also posted a video to go along with this comparison, so be sure
to check out my Dailymotion page
if you get a chance.

I'm really going to try my best to plow through the next two episodes
so I can hurry up and start doing Kanto comparisons again. I've
only done four Kanto comparisons since the start of the year, and it's
almost May. That's
beyond unacceptable.

Also, Cartoon Network USA had their annual
upfront and confirmed that Pokémon
will be coming back for the 2010 - 2011 season. We really had no
reason to believe otherwise, but it's still nice to see confirmation on
things like this all the same.
Getting up to date
April 18th, 2010

Dogasu@ 23:49 JST -- I was going to just jump right into
the comparison for "The Battle Finale of Legend," but I felt like I
needed to take a breather after penning that massive essay. So, I
decided to work on a few things that I had been meaning to update for a
while.

The first update for tonight is a major
update to the The Illusionary Conqueror, Zorro'ark page. I really had been neglecting that
section for a while, so I was happy to finally get that thing up to
date. There are now bios up for all the humans
and pokemon
in the film, a synopsis of the film's story, information about advanced
ticket sales, and some voice actor information.
The newest trailer has a small sample of the theme song to the movie,
"Ice Cream Syndrome," and I'm really digging it. I guess one of
the things it has going for it, at least for me, is the fact that it's
being sung by men. I took a look at the other films and noticed
that the only other movies to have ending themes sung by people with Y
chromosomes are Ashita Tenki ni Shite Kure (Movie
04), Hitori Bocchijanai
(Movie 05), and half of I Will
Be With You ~Where the Lost Ones Go~ (DP Movie 01). It's
certainly a nice change of pace.
I've also determined, from the trailer, that Nakagawa Shouko is only
capable of doing one voice and one voice only. God, I wish she'd
just go away.

The second update is a listing
for the next in the series of "Best Collection" DVDs in Japan. I
had actually been wondering if we were ever going to get any more of
these since it had been a while since we got a new set, but here we
are. The new set of eight discs, which brings us up to 56 discs
altogether, will be released on July 27th and will be a showcase of Gym
Battles, Contests, and general accomplishments made throughout
Shin'ou. I've also updated the So which episodes are available on DVD in Japan,
anyway? page accordingly.

I think the length of this will let you know why this took so long for
me to complete. Hopefully, you guys won't tl;dr it. I tried
to break up the giant walls of text with images and paragraph breaks,
so I hope it's at least somewhat legible.

And to think I get to do it all over again after two more Kanto
episodes.

I've also updated the DVD Guide with
information about the final two Pokemon
Elements disc. The episodes on those last two discs have finally been revealed, so I've
added that information. Hopefully, with the last of those out of
the way, Viz can start releasing DP Galactic Battles, "Arceus and the
Jewel of Life," or Johto Journies.

I hope to get the comparison up for "The Battle Finale of Legend" up
soon so I can start focusing on some of the other sections for a
bit.
OMG i BEAT SEREBII MY E-PENIS IS BIGGER
THAN URS DUR DUR DUR
April 9th, 2010Dogasu@ 15:31 JST -- The announcement that the
Generation V games are going to be called Pocket Monsters Black & Pocket Monsters White will be all
anyone can talk about this weekend because, apparently, six words (four
if you shorten Pocket Monsters
to just Pokémon) is
enough on which to base countless conversations.

So I'll hold off on posting the comparison for "The Legend of Miniryuu"
until after then. I figure this site will be giving off 503
errors anyway, so an extra
day or three won't hurt. I went ahead and updated the Video Games page with the
site-breaking information because I know that if I didn't do it now,
I'd get lazy and not update that for another month or so.

Also, it looks likeSukima Switch is
going to be performing the theme song to this year's movie, The Illusionary Conquerer, Zorro'ark.
Which is pretty cool because Sukima Switch isn't an annoying bubbly
otaku girl.

I'm kind of bummed out that it's going to be a "medium tempo love song"
because a) that describes like half the Japanese ending themes, and b)
it's going to have nothing to do with the actual movie. But
still...Sukima Switch! They have ties to both the first Ouendan game and the new Fullmetal Alchemist series.

I'm heading out of town for the weekend to hang out with some friends
who are visiting from back home, so I'll be back here on Monday-ish.
Pikachu's Big Twinkling Search!
April 8th, 2010

Dogasu@ 23:30 JST -- That "The Legend of
Miniryuu" comparison isn't going to be finished by tonight. I
really want to do this thing justice and don't want to do a half-assed
job just to get it online sooner, so I'm going to need another day or
two. Sorry about that.

I had actually finished this a few days ago but decided to hold off on
it in case I needed a quick update. And, well, here we are.
I plan to do pages like that for all the ANA shorts, but for right now,
I don't have the time.

Those of you who like to see a cranky old fan whine about how a cartoon
cat is handled in the English dub of a Japanese kids' show will like
this one.

This episode was the first time I've
heard the dubbed versions of pretty much all the Team Galactic members as well as Handsome. And,
well, it's kind of weird.
Also, the Japanese Amazon site has been updated with
listings for the DVD release of the sixth ANA Pokemon short, "Pikachu's
Big Twinkling Search!" I've updated the DVD Guide with
information on the release. Media Factory will post a trailer for
the short on their official site
sometime in May.

My plan is to have "The Needs of the
Three!" up tomorrow, and then "The Legend of Miniryuu" up on
Thursday. Whether that actually ends up happening is unknown, but
I'll do my best.
"Sticking With Who You Know!"
April 5th, 2010

The "Thoughts" portion of the comparison is what kept me from uploading
this sooner. While I eventually decided that I actually did like
the episode, it was really hard for me to come up with enough things to
make me feel like I was giving the episode the attention it
deserves.

I've already started on the comparison for "The Red Chain of Events,"
so I should have that up soon-ish.
April Fool's ArchiveApril 2nd, 2010

Dogasu@ 23:37 JST -- A lot of you seemed to
really dig yesterday's update, which is just awesome in so many ways.

Like always, I've archived everything on my April Fool's Archive page, so
go
check that out if you didn't make it to the party.